News is slowly starting to trickle out of the meetings among the presidents and athletic directors from Tuesday.
Most of the information is about creating a stable environment for the Big 12.
Most importantly is hammering out a possible 10 year agreement on waiving rights versus the 6 year originally discussed.
The other pressing issue is getting Missouri to fully commit in public.
Chancellor Deaton believes in the Big 12, but is getting pressure from two curators to look at the SEC.
With 9 curators on their board, these two are in an uphill battle, but in academia you must investigate to appease your board.
On the expansion front, BYU is starting to become a realization.
Louisville has turned up the heat to get an invite to the conference if it goes beyond 10 teams.
Cincinnati has also jumped in the ring to let it be known they are interested.
West Virginia is trying to play the SEC vs the Big 12 to get an invite from either, but at this time neither are budging.
TCU is getting backing by several Big 12 schools, including Baylor, but the Ft. Worth footprint is, "saturated with the Big 12 conference already," according to a source close to the expansion committee.
Air Force, discussed last year, hasn't heard from the conference. Dan Beebe liked the Academy, but with the Big East looking to add Navy and Army it looks to be a better fit there.
